Download HippoDatamus 0.7.0

Free to use. Windows and Linux, 64-bit.

Pre-release

Below version 1.0, the configuration format and the data a given configuration produces may change between releases. Anything that changes generated output is listed in the release notes.

Windows

Microsoft Store — recommended

The Store build is signed by Microsoft, installs without any security warning, and updates itself.

Get it from the Microsoft Store

Portable zip

No installer. Unpack it anywhere and run it.

HippoDatamus-0.7.0-win-x64.zip

You will see a Windows warning

The portable download is not signed with a certificate Windows recognises, so SmartScreen shows "Windows protected your PC" the first time you run it. To continue, click More info and then Run anyway.

This is not a virus warning — it means Windows has not seen enough copies of this exact file to have an opinion about it. The Microsoft Store build is signed and does not show it. If you would rather verify the file yourself, check the checksum.

Requires: Windows 10 version 1809 or later, 64-bit.

Linux

HippoDatamus-0.7.0-linux-x64.tar.gz

tar xzf HippoDatamus-{{ generated.version }}-linux-x64.tar.gz
./hippodatamus-cli --config samples/customers.yaml
./HippoDatamus                                  # the desktop application

Requires: a 64-bit distribution with glibc 2.23 or later. The desktop application needs X11 or XWayland, fontconfig, and ICU; the command-line tool needs only ICU. Every desktop distribution ships all of these.

To add it to your application menu, copy the included hippodatamus.desktop into ~/.local/share/applications/ and correct its Exec and Icon paths.

What is in the download

Both archives contain the same things: the desktop application, the command-line tool, the licence, the third-party notices, and runnable sample schemas.

Nothing is installed outside the folder you unpack into, except a small preferences file under your home directory. Uninstalling is deleting the folder.

Verifying your download

Every release publishes SHA256SUMS.txt.

sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS.txt --ignore-missing

(Get-FileHash HippoDatamus-{{ generated.version }}-win-x64.zip -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower()

Compare the result with the line for your file in SHA256SUMS.txt. If they match, the file you have is the file that was published.

Older versions

Every release stays available on the GitHub releases page, with its own checksums.

Frequently asked

Is there a macOS build?

Not at the moment. Shipping a Mac application that opens without a warning means an Apple Developer membership and a signing and notarisation pipeline, and that is not something a free tool can carry. It is not a statement about the platform, and it is not permanent - if HippoDatamus finds an audience that needs it, it becomes worth doing.

In the meantime the command-line tool runs anywhere .NET does if you build it yourself, and Linux binaries work under a VM.

Do I need .NET installed?

No. Both downloads carry their own runtime. Nothing else needs to be installed.

Where does it store things?

One small preferences file under your home directory, holding window size and your favourite column types. Everything else goes where you tell it to.

What it sends

Nothing. HippoDatamus makes no network connections at all - no telemetry, no analytics, no crash reporting, no licence check, and no update check. It needs no account and no internet connection, and it runs on a machine that has never been online.

Everything it reads is a file you pointed it at, and everything it writes goes where you told it to. Your schemas and the data you generate stay on your computer.

Staying up to date

Because the application does not check for itself, updates work like this:

• Microsoft Store installs keep themselves current. Windows updates the app in the background, the same as anything else from the Store.

• Portable zip and Linux tarball are replaced by hand. The release notes list every version, and latest.json on this site names the current one if you would rather have a script watch it:

  curl -s https://www.hippodatamus.com/latest.json